34th Civil Support Team conducts external evaluation in Virginia Beach

Soldiers and Airmen assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett-based 34th Civil Support Team conduct a Training Proficiency Evaluation Oct. 26, 2016, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Unit members were evaluated on 12 different collective tasks including deploying the team, establishing communications and medical support, conducting survey, technical decontamination and analytical functions as well as conducting interagency coordination. The evaluation was supervised by U.S. Army North’s Civil Support Readiness Group-East in order to validate the unit's level of readiness. The 34th CST mission is to support first responders in potential biological, chemical, nuclear, radiological and explosive incidents and the team undergoes an evaluation approximately every 18 months.